Bread-board.



No. 802,287. PATENTED OUT. 17, 1905:

M. W. QUIRK, JR.

BREAD BOARD,

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l. 1904.

NITFD SATS MICHAEL WV. QUIRK, JR, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BREAD BOMHIl.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed February 1, 1904:. Serial No. 191,422.

1'0 a wit/2111 it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIGHAELWV. QUIRK, Jr, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bread- .Boards, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in bread-boards.

In the use of the ordinary flat bread-board considerable inconvenience is experienced by reason of the fact that the board, owing to the pressure applied thereto in the operation of kneading bread, slips over the surface of the table on which the board is supported.

It is the primary object of my invention to provide a construction wherein the difficulty alluded to is prevented in a simple and inexpensive manuer, and with this primary object in view the invention consists of the devices and parts or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the principal form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a fragment of a table, showing the device illustrated in Fig. 1 applied to one corner of said table. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an illustration of a modified form of construction. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. l, showing the board without the upper head or rim; and Fig. 6 is an inverted plan View of Fig. 4.

Referring to the form of construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral 7 indicates a flat plate or board upon which the dough is worked or kneaded. This plate or board may he of any desirable material as, for instance, metal or wood. The object of the invention is to so construct the plate or board as to provide a stop to engage the table 8, and thereby prevent a longitudinal movement or slippage of the plate or board on the supporting table-top. In the specific form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 I show at one end of the plate or board a depending flange or lip 9 and at one side a depending flange or lip 10. While this is the preferred construc tion, yet I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself thereto, inasmuch as the plate or board may he provided with any desired form of stop or device to engage the table and prevent longitudinal movement or slippage of the plate or board without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, or, again, the specific form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 may be carried out to a limited extent without departing from the spirit and scope of my inventionthat is to say, only one of the flanges 9 or 10 may he provided and successful results obtained, inasmuch as it is obvious that the single flange may be applied against the edge of the table-top and the plate or board thereby prevented from slipping longitudinally over the surface of the table, and in this form also the plate or board may be applied atany point along the edge of the table and not necessarily at one corner of the table, as is required where the two flanges 9 and 10 are employed.

In the Figs. 1 to 3 form of construction I also show the end opposite to the end from which the flange 9 depends provided with an upwardly-extending flange 11 and the side opposite to the side from which the flange 10 depends as provided with an upwardly-extending flange 12. These flanges are not absolutel y necessary; but they are advantageously employed, inasmuch as they form a raised rim adapted to retain the dough upon the plate or heard, and at the same time they act to make the device reversible--that is to say, the dough may be kneaded upon either face of the plate or board and yet a means provided for preventing longitudinal movement or slippage of said plate or board.

In the Figs. t to 6 form of construction I show the adaptation of my idea to an ordinary form of bread-board, usually of'wood, thereby making it possible to equip breadboards already in use or on sale with a means for preventing the longitudinal movement or slippage thereof. Referring to these figures, the numeral 13 indicates an ordinary form of bread-hoard, of wood or other material, and provided with the usual upwardly-extending head or rim 14. In carrying out the application of my invention to these bread-boards of the construction indicated by the numeral 13 I employ a plate 15, preferably of metal and provided along one end with a depending flange or lip 16 and along one side with a depending flange or lip 17. This plate is provided with a series of screw-holes 18 for the passage therethrough of screws 19. The plate is applied to the under side of the board 13 at one corner thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 6, and the screws 19 are turned through the holes 18 and into the under side of the board.

It will be seen from this construction that an already-existing bread-board can be very readily and cheaply equipped with my improvements and will thereby be prevented from longitudinal movement or slippage on the table. In this form also, if desired, one of the flanges can be omitted, or the plate 15 may be provided with any other suitable form of stop or catch to engage the table and prevent longitudinal movement or slippage of the board in lieu of the flange or flanges herein shown.

While I prefer to employ my improved construction as a bread-board, yet I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself thereto, inasmuch as the construction may be employed for any other purpose for which it may be found desirable. The device may be employed to advantage, particularly the form illustrated in Figs. 4: to 6, as a board on which meats are cut or sliced.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A bread-board comprising a main basepiece upon which the bread is kneaded or worked, said base-piece provided along two of its edges with depending flanges forming a rectangular depending lip adapted to engage the edges of the corner of the table-top upon which the board is supported, to prevent longitudinal movement or slippage of the board upon the table-top.

2. A bread-board comprising a main basepiece having up wardly-extending flanges from 

